Get Mistin'

Okay! I'm finally back. I know I promised some cards, but it's been a busy few days. Weekend got taken out by my last acute shifts in paediatrics and on Monday, I went car hunting!!!
  

I can proudly tell you now that I have bought my first car. A bit of a flash one for a first one, but I reasoned that it was long term investment. I ended up with a 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer. One friend said, "What a boy racer!" haha.

I have to remember to take a photo of it. I just keep forgetting to take one!

Anyway, I'm sure you didn't come to hear me talk about a car. It's more of a guy thing than a girl thing. You probably wanted to see some new cards hehe.
    

So, I got my second part of my Christmas gifts from Steph just recently. It had to stay at the postal service depot for almost a week, because this particular service didn't attempt re-delivery. So I had to wait and collect it myself. Steph kindly sent me 3 Mister Huey mists - Calico Shine, Dewey and Clover. I had also bought some more stamps from her so I'm trying to put them into action :)

   

  

I don't know how Dawn always makes her mists look perfect in her creations. I can't seem to spray it in the right places. Hence this card somewhat turned out messy. But it kind of adds an interesting touch to it.

 
The next card is a simple Love Birds card. I just had to use it, because those bird cages are so cute! My dies haven't arrived yet (I bought lots in my last order) so I had to cut up the cages by hand. It's a nice easy shape to cut out, so I do wonder if it was worth getting the die now...
     

 

    

 I misted this card with the Calico Shine mist too. I love how it just turns any cardstock into a shimmer cardstock! It's a little harder to tell in the photo, but trust me, it comes out with a really nice sheen to it afterwards! I have yet to figure out how to flick it properly to get the blobs ;)

Thanks for coming around. Sorry it took such a long time for an update!

  

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

{Love Birds: Congratulations}

STAMP: [PTI] Love Birds

INK: [SU!] Real Red, Early Espresso; Versamark

PAPER: [PTI] Vintage Cream, Hawaiian Shores

OTHER: [Studio Calico] Mister Huey's Color Mists (Calico Shine), Foam tape

{Sending a smile across the miles}

STAMP: [PTI] Everyday Button Bits

INK: [SU!] Early Espresso

PAPER: [PTI] Vintage Cream, Spring Moss

OTHER: [Studio Calico] Mister Huey's Color Mists (Calico Shine, Clover, Dewey); [PTI] Buttons (Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse), Clouds die collection, In the Meadow (Snowdrift) die collection; foam tape

Make It Monday #45

Hello again everyone!

Just a quick post. I have to make this quick so that I can get back to work! I have lots to get done in the next 24 hours for school so I really shouldn't have even attempted this week's MIM, but I just bought Copics a couple of weeks ago (finally!) and had to put it to use ;)

So, this week's MIM is basically heat embossing in white and then colouring with a Copic marker over the embossed image. Simple huh?

 

So here's my card for this week's challenge. I admit it's not my usual style, but I'm quite happy with it.

 

     

I did notice that the tips of my Copic markers went white with the white emboss. Not sure if this will have long term effects on my marker, but it seems to be ok for now.

Anyway, off to do my project. Thanks for coming :)

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Simple Sunflower, Inside & Out: Birthday

INK: [PTI] Fresh Snow; Versamark

PAPER: [PTI] Kraft, Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate

OTHER: [SU!] Stampin' Embossing Powder (white); Copic Sketch Markers (Y35, Y38, E13, E25)

Stars & Scallops Glitterama

Sorry I've been quiet lately! I forget how busy it can get with school! I'm down to my last week before Christmas break starts, so hopefully some more cards next week. In the meantime, I need to do some literature search and study!

 

I felt that I should update my blog today, so I just grabbed whatever cardstocks came to my hand and went crafty. I had no plans whatsoever making this card. I just went with the flow. 

  

I knew I hadn't been crafty for a while when I couldn't score the cardstock in the right place!!! I ended up with a card that was not scored down the middle. So to make up for this mistake, I scalloped the edges and put a Raspberry Fizz and Summer Sunrise cardstocks inside the Hawaiian Shores card base. Now it looks like I've purposefully layered them. Ha!

   

     

Then I got stuck again. But decided you couldn't go wrong with glitter. So ran a strip of double sided tape down the middle. A sentiment to go with the stars, and even more glitter. That Prisma glitter is trouble. It leaves such a mess, but it's so so so pretty!

     

   

Anyway, that's it dor today. It's quite a simple card, but girly enough for your nieces/daughters (I don't have either).

Thanks for coming by. I should have more cards next week (hopefully!).

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

STAMP: [PTI] Inside & Out: Birthday, Star Prints

INK: [PTI] Aqua Mist; [SU!] Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso

PAPER: [PTI] Hawaiian Shores, Vintage Cream, Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise
OTHER: [PTI] Scallop border die (medium); [Palette] Prisma glitter; [Fiskar] 2" X-Large Star Punch; [Sellotape] Double sided tape

Quick update

Sorry about no new posts lately!

I've been really busy with class starting, and GirlGuiding camp over the weekend. I can tell you it was fun, with some madness here and there, but it was good. The sun was just SCORCHING hot the whole weekend, and I came close to getting roasted alive. I've been scrupulous with my sunblock and barely got a tanline - unfortunately I forgot the front of my neck and ended up with a red triangular patch of sunburn where my neck was exposed through the polo shirt lol

Anyway, no new cards today - sorry! I did make a couple but they had to be sent out ASAP before I could even take a photo.

I'll make another couple soon. And I've just bought another few sets from Steph so when it gets here, I'll be sure to be haivng fun. Did I mention Steph got me some Copics too? I just need the time to play with them more!

Anyway, thanks for comin' for a visit to this very quiet blog.

Something Different for a Change

Hello everyone! I've been rather busy since school started back up and haven't had a lot of time to get stampin'. I thought I'd show you something quite different from stamping and cardmaking today.

Before I found PTI, I was a big crocheter. I still am, but I'd rather be stamping, because it takes so much less time. I'm not great at making scarves and what not, but I do have a knack at making soft toys (called "amigurumi"). In fact, this hobby led me to a crocheted flower tutorial on Nichole's blog, which in turn led me to PTI and got me stampin'!

I started crocheting 2 years ago. I saw this adorable bunny pattern on Etsy and just had to buy it - yes, before I even knew how to hold a crochet hook (I still can't hold it properly for that matter). So the pattern pdf came flying to my inbox and I just taught myself how to crochet a bunny using Youtube and a crochet basic instructions book. It's incredibly simple. Once you know how to make a magic ring, single crochet, increase/decrease stitches and know how to change yarn colour, you're able to make most of the basic dolls! No fancy pattern here and there. Just work away in circles ;)

So here are some stuffed toys I made over the past couple of years.

This is my very first bunny. Crochet's not quite tight enough, I've lost count of my row countless times and didn't stuff it enough. But hey, it's a bunny. What can go wrong?

   

    

 Here's the finished first bunny with some friends. I have made so many of these bunnies now, I've become very good at making them haha.

 This one's with a graduation bear I made for a friend. That grad cap was probably the trickiest part! Doesn't look it, does it?

 

  

  Next is a teddy bear. Pattern-wise, it's really not that different from the bunny.

 

A lion this time. The mane can come off, and it was so hard to figure out how to make it. I don't think I'll try making another lion in the near future.

 

 

Something more fun and quick! Donut cellphone charms! I bought lots of cellphone charms on Etsy to hook onto these and others (some shown in this post). Unfortunately they're a bit cheap and breaks off easily. I've heard from my friends that they broke off after a while :(

 

 

A donut lover! A mini elephant :)

   

 

    

It has a mini purple flower on its back too! 

  

   

This one's one of my favourite patterns. Love this bear. Takes longer to make than other ones, but the colour combination is just a charm. And the long arms and legs really look cute <3

     

 

   Mr. Snowman! This one's perfect for the coming Christmas. Except that it's the middle of Summer in New Zealand.

  

  

Another cellphone charm. This is the cutest wee poodle EVER! I gave it to my cousin, but I think it also fell off the charm... Just so you know, my hands look really big in the photo, but actually, most ten year olds have hands bigger than mine D:
  

         

 The next bear, is the first ever wee thing I made without a pattern. It's entirely original. It's not that hard really. It's just a matter of trying to get the ratios alright.

    

    

And last but not least!!! I saved one of my favs till the end. Mr & Mrs Bear were a gift for my parents' anniversary last year. I had a hard time crocheting with fluffy yarn. I swear you can't see the holes to put the needles into. I had to go with my guesstimation where each stitch should go to. lol.

    

 

 

 Hope you enjoyed this post! Something a little refreshing once in a while's not too bad huh?

 

If anyone wants to know where I got the particular patterns from, you're welcome to ask me (here or on the PTI forums!).